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doug, this is what bothers me. he did not lay the foundation for this anywhere along the past three and a half years. it is easy for mitt rom -- romney to mock it. >> the thing about the $90 billion, the president should have pushed back on that. many of the green energy funds that were made -- that were allocated through the recovery act were very successful and that's been a very successful program. there is a great book out there called the new new deal that looks at the recovery act. i wish the president had pushed back harder there. what he hasn't done and what democrats haven't done successfully over the last four years is tie together the importance of doing healthcare reform with the recovery act. why is that helping middle class families and what that has allowed the republicans to do is to throw it in this gumbo pot of big government and define it on their terms and i think the president has recently, in the last couple of months gotten out and done a more -- has done a better job of making the case as to
doug, this is what bothers me. he did not lay the foundation for this anywhere along the past three and a half years. it is easy for mitt rom -- romney to mock it. >> the thing about the $90 billion, the president should have pushed back on that. many of the green energy funds that were made -- that were allocated through the recovery act were very successful and that's been a very successful program. there is a great book out there called the new new deal that looks at the recovery act....
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joining us now we have doug and pat. guys, good to see you. >> good to say you. >> sean: there's the rasmussen swing poll, 50-46. here's the deal. minnesota, a 3-point race, michigan dead even, wisconsin dead even, pennsylvania close, ohio dead even, virginia close. what are we to make of this. >> oregon is moving to. >> sean: oregon is not going too to go with romney. >> i believe florida, north carolina, probably virginia have been con so consolidated for ro. new hampshire, leaning romney, the midwest, moving romney. the big question today is whether the news of the cleanup from the hurricane will be the one advantage that obama has to show him -- to show leadership. >> sean: look. i think the president is doing the right thing, but let's be honest here. it's a week before election. what is he going to do? >> whatever he can. >> whatever he can. with governor christie' governo, literally mhanna from heaven. >> so the guy that does nothing on benghazi. >> excuse me. my favorite. he's not there. he's missing in action. >
joining us now we have doug and pat. guys, good to see you. >> good to say you. >> sean: there's the rasmussen swing poll, 50-46. here's the deal. minnesota, a 3-point race, michigan dead even, wisconsin dead even, pennsylvania close, ohio dead even, virginia close. what are we to make of this. >> oregon is moving to. >> sean: oregon is not going too to go with romney. >> i believe florida, north carolina, probably virginia have been con so consolidated for ro. new...
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joining me now, doug glast brinkley, historian. doug, let's -- i want to get this out of the way. it is a remarkable thing, the piece is long, it is detailed and yet, one word the president uttered as an aside has gottens the attention. are you surprised or did you know when you wrote the piece that might be the thing that would grab folks is. >> i was surprised. when it first came out, the associated press and "the washington post" focused on president talking about the supreme court and affordable care yesterday. even yesterday that hit the blog and had its day of infamy and seems to be repeating today. >> now i want to talk about -- i like the day of infamy. some of the other stuff that's in there. and one of the things i was struck by in the interview is, the level -- i don't want to say it's distaste barack obama has of mitt romney but he's dismissive saying this is a guy who doesn't believe what he says. could you get that from the interview? did the tone and his willingness to say that as bluntly as he said it surprise you? >> the oval office interview took place for 45 min
joining me now, doug glast brinkley, historian. doug, let's -- i want to get this out of the way. it is a remarkable thing, the piece is long, it is detailed and yet, one word the president uttered as an aside has gottens the attention. are you surprised or did you know when you wrote the piece that might be the thing that would grab folks is. >> i was surprised. when it first came out, the associated press and "the washington post" focused on president talking about the supreme...
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a doug wheysle is a dog whistle. >> it has a connection. not necessarily bad in all connections. is is slang and doesn't mean evil. to throw it as the president is an ethnic shot. >> sean: that was chris matthews playing the race card. chris, you have you explaining to do. look at the friends over media research dug up from you in 2010. >> you are not from the rolling stone but you are from msnbc. what has been it been liked a you shuck and jive hanging out with the men and women in uniform reporting living their lives ever relationship day how is the reaction to you, rachel maddow. >> joining me is jaksche and david webb. >> shuckandjiveisagreatcajun bar in dallas. >> get me the code words. >> an insult even to the left wing because he lies so far out of the norm it is is not even funny. by the way, let's wait for the chris matthews outrage because obama had to show voter i.d. to vote in chicago. isn't that racist. >> had to show it to get into the dnc convention. >> what is your reaction? >> there is a racial divide in this country and no matter how sean or sarah may characteri
a doug wheysle is a dog whistle. >> it has a connection. not necessarily bad in all connections. is is slang and doesn't mean evil. to throw it as the president is an ethnic shot. >> sean: that was chris matthews playing the race card. chris, you have you explaining to do. look at the friends over media research dug up from you in 2010. >> you are not from the rolling stone but you are from msnbc. what has been it been liked a you shuck and jive hanging out with the men and...
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doug brinkley. a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. >>> president obama used some heated language to describe his opponent, governor romney. doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. >>> welcome back. you're looking at live events in ohio tonight. on the le
doug brinkley. a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for...
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historian doug brinkley conducted the interview. it's the cover story in the november 8th issue out tomorrow. the comment has got a lot of people talking. you have probably seen it today all over the web. i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. so the b.s.er comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through how that happened, where he said it. >> well, i did a 45-minute interview in the oval office of the president. we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards talking about the chicago white sox or whatnot. he made a joke with eric bates, "rolling stone" editor who was simply joking with the president about his daughter saying, you know, my daughter asked what i should tell you and she said you can do it. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sense a personal animosity with president obama to
historian doug brinkley conducted the interview. it's the cover story in the november 8th issue out tomorrow. the comment has got a lot of people talking. you have probably seen it today all over the web. i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. so the b.s.er comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through how that happened, where he said it. >> well, i did a 45-minute interview in the oval office of the president. we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards...
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i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. >> the bser comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through where that happened. >> i did a 45-minute interview with the president in the oval office. we had banter beforehand, talking about the white sox and whatnot. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sense a personal animosity with president obama toward his opponent? >> i think the word meant nothing to me. i have no sense of political correctness and everybody uses it but i do think that there's a frustration with what colin powell said today, you know, there's one romney foreign policy in one debate, then here's what he said back then and what he's calling romnesia up there. that's hard, how do you pin down a politician that's like mercury. i think there's a frustration a little bit with that. but i also felt the president was in fine form, almost click
i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. >> the bser comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through where that happened. >> i did a 45-minute interview with the president in the oval office. we had banter beforehand, talking about the white sox and whatnot. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the...
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i think the most important thing, as doug said is to press the big issue, not dancing with the spiking the ball that we just heard from your previous guest. but going after what romney is talking about, particularly the big thing that scored. he has been bipartisan and the other one that the democrats and independents care bthe issues of government. >> sean: coming up, pat was talking about benghazi. we have been asking repeatedly this program, did the obama administration do everything they could do to protect ambassador stevens and three other american who is died by his side? tone, we have hard evidence that shows that in fact, the answer is no. more on the benghazi coverup that the media's ignoring, straight ahead >> sean: more proof that the administration didn't do all it could to prec the four more thans that were murdered on the anniversary of september 11 in benghazi. abc news has uncovered an email showing that the state department denied requests made by the security team at the consulate in libya to receive a military plane that would aid them in moving in libya. it reads i
i think the most important thing, as doug said is to press the big issue, not dancing with the spiking the ball that we just heard from your previous guest. but going after what romney is talking about, particularly the big thing that scored. he has been bipartisan and the other one that the democrats and independents care bthe issues of government. >> sean: coming up, pat was talking about benghazi. we have been asking repeatedly this program, did the obama administration do everything...
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>> what do you make of that, doug? of it seems to me that he has that wonderful immutability to just say i'm turning on the mute button, i'm not saying nothing, live with it. >> he's been taking a lot of pages from ronald reagan. remember when reagan would walk in and he couldn't hear, would have to cup his ear and wouldn't answer questions. in the third debate we saw a lot of reagan in mitt romney in the since of talking about peace and being genial. this is a candidate now who realizes if he gets loose on a talk show, they're going to ask him about his taxes, they're going to ask him about bain capital, and those issues have somehow died. you don't hear the press talking about it much. so i think they see it's just a sea filled with land mines if romney gets out there and tries to freelance q&as. >> isn't this an assault -- an implicit critique of our democracy? i do think we americans don't think long term. we're great at crises, not good at long-term think being the debt and immigration having serious policies for
>> what do you make of that, doug? of it seems to me that he has that wonderful immutability to just say i'm turning on the mute button, i'm not saying nothing, live with it. >> he's been taking a lot of pages from ronald reagan. remember when reagan would walk in and he couldn't hear, would have to cup his ear and wouldn't answer questions. in the third debate we saw a lot of reagan in mitt romney in the since of talking about peace and being genial. this is a candidate now who...
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doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards talking about the chicago white sox or whatnot. he made a joke with eric bates, "rolling stone" editor who was simply joking with the president about his daughter saying, you know, my daughter asked what i should tell you and she said you can do it. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sen
doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ we had a...
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. >>> in sports a moment for doug fi.so awful. took that line drive off his skull in the second inning. fister would be okay. he would continue to pitch. i don't know how, but the giants score late to win 2-0, take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven riw york facing every parent's nightmare, a woman they trusted with their three children now accused of stabbing two of those kids to death. upper west soid mother returned home to find her oldest two children stabbed and the nanny on the floor nearby, unconscious and bleeding. deb feyerick has been following this story. you always want to ask why. but maybe we'll never know. >> yeah. and that's what's so tragic about this. i with was looking at pictures and entries on the blog that the mom kept documenting her children. this with his a truly happy, happy family. and you can stng to this mom. the questn, why did this nanny apparently snap and do something so terrible as police allege? she's in critical condition right now under arrest. because she's sedated she has not yet been charged. t
. >>> in sports a moment for doug fi.so awful. took that line drive off his skull in the second inning. fister would be okay. he would continue to pitch. i don't know how, but the giants score late to win 2-0, take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven riw york facing every parent's nightmare, a woman they trusted with their three children now accused of stabbing two of those kids to death. upper west soid mother returned home to find her oldest two children stabbed and the nanny on the...
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. >> doug, you have watched many of these. you have analyzed many of these rsh you are calling this one historical. a historical event. why? >> because we're in this weeshd cycle here where barack obama is a president with over 8% unemployment. usually that means you lose, but mitt romney has run a lackluster campaign, particularly in august and september. you are starting to see in the swing states barack obama pulling ahead in virtually all of the polls, and if he comes and gets any more momentum, he has the momentum right now, obama, and he doesn't get stopped at all, then it could be a break-out for the president. on the other hand, mitt romney tonight is such an underdog, people don't think he is that fantastic of debater. they're underestimating him. he is quite good. he comes and seeming to have parody with the president and maybe get that zinger they're rehearsing so hard, get one in that works and hits this youtube media cycle playing over and over again. romney could turn into the swing states and there will be a dea
. >> doug, you have watched many of these. you have analyzed many of these rsh you are calling this one historical. a historical event. why? >> because we're in this weeshd cycle here where barack obama is a president with over 8% unemployment. usually that means you lose, but mitt romney has run a lackluster campaign, particularly in august and september. you are starting to see in the swing states barack obama pulling ahead in virtually all of the polls, and if he comes and gets...
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doug, let me start with you. this stood out to me last night that independent voters liked that when he talked about cutting tacks for the middle class. obviously the obama administration takes issue with it and says it isn't true. do you think this could be enough, if mitt romney could make the case for him to win the election? >> i think it's a very important point. remember why he wants to have the tax reform he wants. it's to make sure that the united states grows better than we've seen in the past four years. and what mr. romney is trying to say is, look, we have all these people out of work. we have all these people with jobs whose incomes are not growing. let's lower rates, broaden the base, be respectful of the middle class and the deficit by but have a better tax policy in place. it's good positions for him. the president can't even get the first step right. instead of lowering rates and broadening the base, he is insisting on raising taxes. that's a bit of a tough sell right now. it was the same preside
doug, let me start with you. this stood out to me last night that independent voters liked that when he talked about cutting tacks for the middle class. obviously the obama administration takes issue with it and says it isn't true. do you think this could be enough, if mitt romney could make the case for him to win the election? >> i think it's a very important point. remember why he wants to have the tax reform he wants. it's to make sure that the united states grows better than we've...
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thank you, doug. let's go to molly line, milford, connecticut. i live very close to the long island sound in n. a bay right off of it. that sound was rocking last night. i mean, that thing was as high as i have ever seen it and then milford is right on the sound on the connecticut side what wag the most dramatic thing that you saw, molly. >> absolutely, bill. you said it sandy is a force of nature when she came through. we saw enormous trees snapped in half. enormous tree not even too far from here that came down on top of a building. all the things that you normally see in the course of a big storm coming through. giant, giant piles of sand that were pushed in from the surge. the most droatic thing i saw was a parking lot absolutely filled with giant trucks and all the workers on those line crews, on the tree crews that came here to clean up this mess. chatting with a few of those folks, they had come in from canada, from ontario, canada. there was a guy that told me he was in arkansas. he drove to kentucky. slept there for a little while. drove
thank you, doug. let's go to molly line, milford, connecticut. i live very close to the long island sound in n. a bay right off of it. that sound was rocking last night. i mean, that thing was as high as i have ever seen it and then milford is right on the sound on the connecticut side what wag the most dramatic thing that you saw, molly. >> absolutely, bill. you said it sandy is a force of nature when she came through. we saw enormous trees snapped in half. enormous tree not even too far...
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i'm going to say something both that doug said. presidents when i was in the presidential campaign with jimmy carter we were not allowed to bring foreign policy in, what i said about the president going to las vegas while the consulate was still smolders and goes off for a fundraiser and people would have been crucified. i remember after the seizing of the hostage in '79 when myself and other top members members of the campaign handful of us begged him to campaign we were in a tight race with ted contend. he absolutely refused. i need to be here. i can't do this on the road. >> bill: president obama's decision to go it vegas is obvious. >> but also this narrative to put out a narrative when you know differently as we had heard. >> bill: who put it out. >> the white house. look, you have a national security advor who was a politician and a political operative tom donilin who was also the person. and the white house susan rice was not in the line of what was she doing out sunday doing five shows? she is not in the chain of command on
i'm going to say something both that doug said. presidents when i was in the presidential campaign with jimmy carter we were not allowed to bring foreign policy in, what i said about the president going to las vegas while the consulate was still smolders and goes off for a fundraiser and people would have been crucified. i remember after the seizing of the hostage in '79 when myself and other top members members of the campaign handful of us begged him to campaign we were in a tight race with...
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doug mckelway takes a look at the facts and the truth from the vice presidential debate. >> they are the facts. they are the facts. >> vice president biden use the word "fact" or "facts" 26 times. ryan used it once. neither man were total fidelity to the truth. one exchange, he suggested seep yours receive more benefit under obamacare than medicare. >> a senior out there, ask yourself do you have more benefits today? you do. >> the vice president's statement was false according to data from the congressional budget office. cbo says for every $500 obamacare spends on preventive services in prescription drugs it cuts the rest of medicare by $7,385. a cut to spending ratio of nearly 15 to 1. another question over obamacare had this clash of opinion. >> the actuary came to congress and said one out of six hospital and nursing homes are going to go out of business as a result of this. >> not that what they said. >> ryan is right, biden is wrong. >> the obama administration actuary richard foster told the house budget committee our simulations suggest 15% of the hospital providers would be
doug mckelway takes a look at the facts and the truth from the vice presidential debate. >> they are the facts. they are the facts. >> vice president biden use the word "fact" or "facts" 26 times. ryan used it once. neither man were total fidelity to the truth. one exchange, he suggested seep yours receive more benefit under obamacare than medicare. >> a senior out there, ask yourself do you have more benefits today? you do. >> the vice president's...
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back to you. >> bret: doug, thank you. the storm is making landfall as we speak. that is breaking news right now. millions of americans, and people who work in manhattan live on or around long island. correspondent jonathan hunt is on long beach tonight. jonathan, the storm is making landfall right now. send it over to you. >> bret, as the storm makes landfall, we are on the northern edge of the hurricane, as it comes ashore. northern edge means you are at the most risk from the storm surge. you can see out here, the waves behind me have been whipping up all day. we have been getting them 12, 15 feet. the water is coming underneath this the famous long beach boardwalk. this is what everybody feared. i can tell you, i was here 14 months ago, bret, when hurricane irene came through and the flooding that i've seen down to my left here, going out underneath the boardwalk, out on the streets where all the homes are on long beach is already much, much worse than irene. further left, because of the conditions here and the camera angle, you can't see it. but there is a li
back to you. >> bret: doug, thank you. the storm is making landfall as we speak. that is breaking news right now. millions of americans, and people who work in manhattan live on or around long island. correspondent jonathan hunt is on long beach tonight. jonathan, the storm is making landfall right now. send it over to you. >> bret, as the storm makes landfall, we are on the northern edge of the hurricane, as it comes ashore. northern edge means you are at the most risk from the...
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doug, of course, good to see you here. "the rolling stones" cover has the president, you say, excessively cautious and perhaps a survival trait because at this time really nobody wants to make any kind of off remark to derail their own campaign. this was really the same kind of criticism that he faced when i covered him back in 2008. why do you think that he is so cautious right now as opposed to getting us a little something different? >> well, you know, it's -- he is very aware of the new media culture where any moment there's -- something is on youtube or an off the cuff remark gets picked up. i think he is cautious about that. i did my interview with him for 45 minutes in the oval office, and i try to get him on things, talking a little more about what went wrong in denver. that was kind of tough to do. when i switched gears and talked about history, about what he thinks about how the look at obama care, does he like the term, what would he call his policies put together, and he calls it the fair shake or thinks that t
doug, of course, good to see you here. "the rolling stones" cover has the president, you say, excessively cautious and perhaps a survival trait because at this time really nobody wants to make any kind of off remark to derail their own campaign. this was really the same kind of criticism that he faced when i covered him back in 2008. why do you think that he is so cautious right now as opposed to getting us a little something different? >> well, you know, it's -- he is very...
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online and it's i guess just out where the president was doing an interview with "rolling stone" and doug brinkley, the historian and the editor apparently asked him, as he was leaving the oval office -- follow me here -- he asked him about little kids and how kids react and obama grinned and said i do very well in the key demographic ages 6 to 12, i'm a killer. and they're joking around and the editor thought about lower the voting age and obama said, the president said, you know kids have good instincts they look at either guy and say, well, that's a bser, i can tell. i cleaned it up. i don't know how this plays but it seems this is the president unvarnished and "rolling stone" had it on the record and put it up. >> that's clearly a moment talking about what happens in the world that isn't the high intensity stakes of politics. my 10-year-old asked about the 47% because he's heard it and learned it. but that's a moment of the president showing his humor and affection for kids and that's a great moment. >> let me interrupt. brian williams with the president, traveling with him for two da
online and it's i guess just out where the president was doing an interview with "rolling stone" and doug brinkley, the historian and the editor apparently asked him, as he was leaving the oval office -- follow me here -- he asked him about little kids and how kids react and obama grinned and said i do very well in the key demographic ages 6 to 12, i'm a killer. and they're joking around and the editor thought about lower the voting age and obama said, the president said, you know...
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we spoke with the ceo, doug observ observ observ observer hom. when you start looking at what's happening in the rest of -- in europe, that's the biggest concern. he does say that europe -- the u.s. is going to be okay. china is going to be okay. europe is still the big problem zone. and he pointed out that if we go over the fiscal cliff, well, then all bets are off. so we're hoping for some sort of solution to that. in the meantime, it's wait and see for the election, wait and see for the january fiscal cliff, as well. >> all right. becky quick, thank you much. >>> next, from iran to libya, to cuba, taking a deep dive into the foreign policy plate. "the daily rundown" will be back in 30 seconds. >>> now a deep divinto the foreign affairs challenges. we begin with iran. the white house this weekend denied reports that the u.s. has agreed to engage in one-on-one nuclear talks. this issue could galvanize republicans, as well as jewish voters fearful of the fallout from israel. the jewish voters are a key constituency here in florida. for them, this
we spoke with the ceo, doug observ observ observ observer hom. when you start looking at what's happening in the rest of -- in europe, that's the biggest concern. he does say that europe -- the u.s. is going to be okay. china is going to be okay. europe is still the big problem zone. and he pointed out that if we go over the fiscal cliff, well, then all bets are off. so we're hoping for some sort of solution to that. in the meantime, it's wait and see for the election, wait and see for the...
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doug brinkley is with us from austin, texas. he is a presidential historian, teaches history at rice university, and i understand as well you are actually going to be delivering a pre-debate lecture atofstra university just in the next couple of days to really get people a sense of what this means and how this could impact the race. tell us a little bit about what you think about the town hall format. >> well, that's right. first of all, these are a great boon for our university. hofstra, to be a student there and to have all this excitement coming here to campus. the town hall format, i think it's much better than what we saw with the last one. at least you feel that the -- in this case president obama and mitt romney are going to be actually looking at citizens. now, it's become very scripted over the years. in 1992 it was the wild west in these town halls, meaning somebody from the audience can ask a question. now they've been prescreened to the point that it is a little bit less open formed than one might think. >> and i'm a
doug brinkley is with us from austin, texas. he is a presidential historian, teaches history at rice university, and i understand as well you are actually going to be delivering a pre-debate lecture atofstra university just in the next couple of days to really get people a sense of what this means and how this could impact the race. tell us a little bit about what you think about the town hall format. >> well, that's right. first of all, these are a great boon for our university. hofstra,...
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doug pfister takes a line drive right off the head. it bounces into the outfield with a hit. amazing he pfister would stay in the game. he said after the game that he's fine. >> of course, he was tasting purple the rest of the night, but still, the guy has a hard head. >> scoreless in the sixth. giants' starter madison ba baumgartner gets omar infante. gregor blanco lays down the beautiful bunt just inside the foul line to load the bases. giants would eventually score in the inning. that's all they'd need. they'd win game two by a final of 2-0 and go up 2-0. the series moves to detroit tomorrow for game three. >> finally, tim tebow in the news again. he's added yet another award to his trophy case, but this one, not quite as good as the heisman. in a recent "sports illustrated" survey of players, tim was overwhelmingly chosen as the most overrated player in the league. they gave him the dubious distinction of being the most overrated. he's yet to score a touchdown as a role player with the jets this season, but they're not giving him a chance so you can't knock him for that.
doug pfister takes a line drive right off the head. it bounces into the outfield with a hit. amazing he pfister would stay in the game. he said after the game that he's fine. >> of course, he was tasting purple the rest of the night, but still, the guy has a hard head. >> scoreless in the sixth. giants' starter madison ba baumgartner gets omar infante. gregor blanco lays down the beautiful bunt just inside the foul line to load the bases. giants would eventually score in the inning....
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and joining us now, co-host of cnbc's squawk on the street david faber, and doug lebda. good to have you both onboard this morning. it seems to me housing always seems like a separate issue that maybe didn't get talked about as much. is that retrospectively incorrect? because it does seem so fundamental, david. >> it's fundamental in the economy in many ways. certainly helped us during the boom period in housing that we saw adding to gdp, construction, and so many other things. people refinancing their homes. it hasn't been discussed that much, you're right, particularly given that the president seems to have backed off a bit, perhaps, on a number of plans that would've relieved people from mortgages that they otherwise are not in a great position to pay but there was a lot of political opposition to that. but housing is starting to come back. we are starting to see real signs of not just stabilization but even perhaps some growth. doug can speak, i'm sure, to some more of the specifics about what we're seeing, but even new home sales, existing home sales, and prices fin
and joining us now, co-host of cnbc's squawk on the street david faber, and doug lebda. good to have you both onboard this morning. it seems to me housing always seems like a separate issue that maybe didn't get talked about as much. is that retrospectively incorrect? because it does seem so fundamental, david. >> it's fundamental in the economy in many ways. certainly helped us during the boom period in housing that we saw adding to gdp, construction, and so many other things. people...
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the tigers will hope for a better outcome tonight when they send doug pfister to the mound. >> crazy after the game, they flash on the big jumbotron, tim smoke. it's an interesting park out there. >> it is. it's a great place. >> seriously, you're wearing that tie, in tribute. >> i like to think of the giants as a team of destiny. i like to think of this tie as a tie of destiny. >> keep thinking. >> president obama was on "leno" last night, talked about a wide range of things including this world series. here's what he said. >> this is one of those presidential decisions. no matter what you say, it's going to upset some people. you're going to vegas. you going to place a bet on the world series? who do you got? >> well, they're both great teams. detroit beat -- [ cheers ] -- they beat my white sox out of a pennant. they're an outstanding team. i will say that, you know, i have spent a lot of time in detroit lately. you know, i didn't want to let detroit go bankrupt. >> right, right. [ cheers and applause ] >> in this particular world series, i may be a little partial. >> but i want t
the tigers will hope for a better outcome tonight when they send doug pfister to the mound. >> crazy after the game, they flash on the big jumbotron, tim smoke. it's an interesting park out there. >> it is. it's a great place. >> seriously, you're wearing that tie, in tribute. >> i like to think of the giants as a team of destiny. i like to think of this tie as a tie of destiny. >> keep thinking. >> president obama was on "leno" last night, talked...
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moment of candor, the president drove home that theme telling rolling stone magazine and historian doug brinkly he thinks governor romney is a "bser" but he's keeping it clean on the trail. >> he's hoping that you come down with a case of what we call romnesia. >> reporter: and picking up his pace. >> just got to keep on keeping on. until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to go vote. >> reporter: hopscotching from florida to virginia, hometown chicago and ohio. strategies are three. one, turnout the early vote. which their ground operation can move and measure. this new memo from chicago says they think they're winning in firewall, ohio. >> it's up to the young people here to choose the future that you believe in, that you want to see. >> reporter: boost turnout among voting groups already leaning to the president, youth, latinos, union workers. three, woo undecided women including with this new ad. >> and it would be my preference that they reverse row v. wade. >> hopefully reverse row v. wade. >> reporter: and as for that endorsement from general powell, the pre
moment of candor, the president drove home that theme telling rolling stone magazine and historian doug brinkly he thinks governor romney is a "bser" but he's keeping it clean on the trail. >> he's hoping that you come down with a case of what we call romnesia. >> reporter: and picking up his pace. >> just got to keep on keeping on. until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to go vote. >> reporter: hopscotching from florida to virginia,...
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detroit sends doug fister to the mounz. the giants counter with madison baumgartner. >>> nfl picking up on a new jersey boy's idea for refs to use pink penalty flags as part of breast cancer awareness month. 11-year-old dante wrote commissioner roger goodell who said the flags will be used at this monday's game. dante and his family have been invited to gats imand will present the pink flags to officials. >>> people in brick, new jersey, talking about anthony star go's field goal last night. it marked a victory for a man who faced challenges his whole life. orphaned at 3 and has autism. his foster parents took him to a college football game six years ago and anthony decided he wanted to be a kicker. daily practices and the calming routine with the kicks put anthony in a position to be a hero. good for him. that's a look at sports this morning. >>> the next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. >>> stories we're watching right now, in the "newsroom," the president picking up a key endorsement this morning. former secretar
detroit sends doug fister to the mounz. the giants counter with madison baumgartner. >>> nfl picking up on a new jersey boy's idea for refs to use pink penalty flags as part of breast cancer awareness month. 11-year-old dante wrote commissioner roger goodell who said the flags will be used at this monday's game. dante and his family have been invited to gats imand will present the pink flags to officials. >>> people in brick, new jersey, talking about anthony star go's field...